Greek verb · G1706
ἐμπίπτω
empiptoem-pip'-to
to fall into
7 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: empíptō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1706is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1706
to fall on, i.e. (literally) to be entrapped by, or (figuratively) be overwhelmed with
The King James renders it: fall among (into).
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
empipto is rendered "to fall into". It stands 7 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- Three of the uses stand in 1 Timothy, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 12:11He replied, “If one of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
He replied, “If one of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?
Matthew 12:11ἐμπέσῃ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Three of the word's seven uses are in 1 Timothy.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- he may fall2
- falling1
- shall fall1
- they fall1
- to fall1
- will fall in1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 7, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐμπέσῃ3
- ἐμπεσεῖν1
- ἐμπεσόντος1
- ἐμπεσοῦνται;¶1
- ἐμπίπτουσιν1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular3V-2AAS-3S
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)1V-2AAN
- verb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular1V-2AAP-GSM
- verb · future middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-FNI-3P
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-PAI-3P
Matthew
one use
He replied, “If one of you has a sheep and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath, will he not take hold of it and lift it out?
- ἐμπέσῃempeseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall fall
Luke
two uses
Jesus also told them a parable: “Can a blind man lead a blind man? Will they not both fall into a pit?
- ἐμπεσοῦνται;¶empesountaiverb · future middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: will fall in
Which of these three do you think was a neighbor to the man who fell into the hands of robbers?”
- ἐμπεσόντοςempesontosverb · aorist active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: falling
1 Timothy
three uses
He must not be a recent convert, or he may become conceited and fall under the same condemnation as the devil.
- ἐμπέσῃempeseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: he may fall
Furthermore, he must have a good reputation with outsiders, so that he will not fall into disgrace and into the snare of the devil.
- ἐμπέσῃempeseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: he may fall
Those who want to be rich, however, fall into temptation and become ensnared by many foolish and harmful desires that plunge them into ruin and destruction.
- ἐμπίπτουσινempiptousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they fall
Hebrews
one use
It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
- ἐμπεσεῖνempeseinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to fall
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.